Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Colonial: Relating to the practice of acquiring and maintaining colonies, especially for economic exploitation and political control. It describes policies, systems, or powers associated with colonialism.
   • Colonist: Pertaining to a colonist; characteristic of a person who settles in and establishes control over a foreign land.

2. Noun:

   • Colonialist: A person who supports or practices colonialism, typically from a colonizing nation, involved in the administration or exploitation of a colony.
   • (General term) Colonist: A person who settles in a new colony, often as part of a system of political and economic domination.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:

  • Chính sách thực dân đã bóc lột tài nguyên của nhiều quốc gia. (The colonial policy exploited the resources of many countries.)
  • Sự cai trị thực dân thường rất tàn bạo. (Colonial rule was often very brutal.)

• Noun:

  • Những tên thực dân đã bị đánh đuổi khỏi đất nước. (The colonialists were driven out of the country.)
  • Bọn thực dân chỉ muốn vơ vét của cải. (The colonists only wanted to plunder wealth.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is often used in historical and political contexts to critically describe the system of colonialism and its agents.
• It can be part of compound terms where it functions as an adjective modifying a noun, e.g., "chế độ thực dân" (colonial regime), "thế lực thực dân" (colonial power).

Variants and Related Words

• Chủ nghĩa thực dân (n): Colonialism - the policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically.

  • Chủ nghĩa thực dân để lại nhiều di hại. (Colonialism left many detrimental legacies.)

• Đế quốc thực dân (n): Colonial empire.

  • Anh từng là một đế quốc thực dân hùng mạnh. (Britain was once a powerful colonial empire.)

• Thuộc địa (n): Colony - a country or area under the full or partial political control of another country.

  • Việt Nam từng là thuộc địa của Pháp. (Vietnam was once a colony of France.)

Synonyms

• Colonial (adj): Relating to a colony or colonialism.
• Colonist (n): A settler in a colony.
• Imperialist (adj/n): Relating to or characteristic of an empire or imperialism (broader concept, often overlapping).

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Ách thực dân: The colonial yoke; referring to the oppressive rule of colonial powers.

  • Nhân dân đã lật đổ ách thực dân. (The people overthrew the colonial yoke.)

• Chống thực dân: Anti-colonial; opposing colonialism.

  • Phong trào chống thực dân lan rộng khắp châu Á. (The anti-colonial movement spread across Asia.)

adj

1. colonist